The Principles for financial market infrastructures (PFMI) are the international standards for financial market infrastructures aimed at ensuring that the infrastructure supporting financial markets is robust enough to withstand financial or operational shocks. The PFMI were issued by the Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI)1 and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) in 2012.
Who they apply to
The standards apply to all systemically important FMIs, including payment systems.
Disclosure and assessment
To facilitate implementation and promote ongoing observance of the PFMI, CPSS-IOSCO also issued the PFMI: disclosure framework and assessment methodology.
In line with their recommendation, as well as the requirements of Regulation HH,2 CLS publishes a PFMI Disclosure which is updated, at a minimum, every two years, or following material changes to our operations. The disclosure describes our approach to observing applicable principles during daily operations as a payments system in alignment with the expectations and requirements of our regulators.
1. Until September 1, 2014, the CPMI was known as the Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems (CPSS).
2. In 2012, CLS Bank was designated a systemically important financial market utility (FMU) by the United States Financial Stability Oversight Council under Title VIII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System’s Regulation HH requires designated FMUs for which the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve is the “Supervisory Agency” (as defined by the Dodd-Frank Act) to publish a disclosure of rules, key procedures, and market data.